From brain‑monitoring tattoos to gentle caregiving robots, UT Austin researchers are unveiling breakthrough technologies designed to improve aging and support older adults.

Advancements in soft robotics highlight dielectric elastomer and fluid actuators, yet lowering operating voltage remains a ...

A new artificial intelligence control system enables soft robotic arms to learn a wide repertoire of motions and tasks once, ...

Fast forward nine years, and the consortium Overvelde and Kluin have assembled, in the hope of making the soft artificial heart a reality, have raised more than €14 million (€3.1 million from the ...

Rice becomes weaker when compressed quickly, while staying stronger under slow pressure—a discovery enabling scientists to ...

And it’s worth thinking about exactly how remarkable it is that the new humanoid robots are able to replicate the smooth, fluid, organic movements of humans and other animals, because the majority of ...

Scores of sea lions continue to beach themselves along the Southern California coastline, stricken with sickness . Toxic algae blooms are to blame ...

Engineers at MIT have devised an ingenious new way to produce artificial muscles for soft robots that can flex in more than one direction, similar to the complex muscles in the human body. The team ...

Harvard researchers have developed a 3D-printing method that could make it easier to build soft robots designed to bend, ...

Researchers at Cornell University have been working on batteries that can 'flow' through the internal structures of robots, kind of like how blood in humans' veins powers our bodies. The team has been ...